Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market wort...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dengue breaks 11 year records: Taiwan CDC

Singapore: Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) declared that dengue cases had swelled in the country in the past m...

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Icon, Taiwan's national clinical trials center sign deal

Singapore: Icon, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical d...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Association to promote biopharma R&D in Taiwan

Singapore: Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies of Taiwan have come together to set up an association to promote the dev...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
SHL to invest $40 mn in Taiwan drug delivery industry

Singapore: Taiwan based SHL Group, a designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced drug delivery devices, has plans t...

October 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chung-Yi becomes 1st Taiwanese to David Gin award

Singapore: Dr. Chung-Yi Wu, associate research fellow, Genomics Research Center, has been elected as the winner of the 2...

September 27, 2013 | Friday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Industry Records 11% Growth

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Insight into mechanism in Staphylococci bacteria

Singapore: A recent study by a research team from the Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC) in Taiwan, led by distingu...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
TWi gets US patent for type II diabetes drug

Singapore: Taiwan-based TWi Biotechnology has received notification of patent allowance for AC-201, its lead drug candid...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan medtech output to grow 7.1% to $2.71 bn

Singapore: A study released by the Industry and Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS), a research institute under the ...

May 21, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Taiwan to get its first biosafety level 3 plant

Singapore: Amaran Biotechnology is going to invest $33.41 million (NT$1 billion) in order to construct a plant and a res...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
SABR technology for treating liver cancer

Singapore: Clinical experts outlined promising new approaches to treating liver cancer using radiosurgery with advanced ...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dr Chi-huey Wong: Pushing biotech growth in Taiwan

Scientist, entrepreneur, administrator, adviser. Dr Chi-Huey Wong, the ninth president of Academia Sinica, has donned ma...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Taiwan develops carbohydrate-based cancer vaccine

Singapore: A research team led by Academia Sinica President, Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, and associate research fellow, Dr Chung-...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's Adimmune to release H7N9 vaccine soon

Singapore: Leading vaccine provider from Taiwan, Adimmune Corp has passed the third phase of clinical trials for H7N9 Av...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News